Vol. 1 of Getty c. 1 includes additional hand-colored plate, not part of present work; legend: An exact delineation of the pavement in mosaick-work lately discovered at Stunsfeild nere Woodstock... Plates [LXVII-LXVIII] of c. 1 hand colored

Vol. 2 of c. 1 includes a second hand-colored copy of plate 9 depicting a Roman mosaic, and an additional folded double-page hand-colored plate (not part of present work) depicting another Roman mosaic found at Great Weldon, Northamptonshire, in 1738 (engraved by J[ames] Cole in Hatton Garden, after John Lens)

Vol. 5 of c. 2 lacks plates LI - LXIX and associated letterpress. It includes, however, a hand-colored set of the Bayeux Tapestry plates, nos. I-XVII of v. 6. It is noted in BAL that the Bayeux Tapestry plates originally may have been intended for v. 5

Vol. 6 of c. 1 lacks Bayeux Tapestry plates I-XVII. However, it includes plates XL-XLVI (Chair of St. Peter, Irish manuscripts) and associated letterpress, lacking in c. 2. The Bayeux Tapestry plates in v. 6 of c. 2 are hand colored, like those in v. 5 of that copy

Vol. 7 of c. 1 consists of pt. 4 only (plates XV-XXIV). Printed front wrappers for pts. 1-4 bound in at end of c. 2

Binding, c. 1 (v. 1/2-6): modern marbled paper, quarter red goatskin, title on spine labels. Vol. 7, pt. 4 not bound, retains printed front wrapper

Binding, c. 2, v. 1-5: marbled paper, quarter red goatskin. Spine gilt tooled with title, vol. no. and imprint. Brown silk ribbon place markers. Vols. 6-7 bound in modern green cloth, quarter green goatskin, spine gilt tooled including title and vol. no

Originally issued in fascicles. See BAL

Letterpress title of v. 1 dated 1747. Plates mostly by George Vertue, the earliest dated 1718

Letterpress title of v. 2 dated 1789. Most plates by Vertue or James I Basire. Plates XXI-XXII after Giovanni Battista Cipriani, plate XXVII after Wencelaus Hollar. Both Getty copies include an unnumbered "supplementary" view of Hampton Court, following that on plate XXVII and not mentioned in BAL; it is dated 1 Dec. 1804. Vol. 2 includes: An account of some ancient monuments in Westminster abbey, by Sir Joseph Ayloffe

Letterpress title of v. 3 dated 1796. Plates by James I Basire and others, many after Jacob Schnebbelie. Vol. 3 includes: The funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth, from a drawing of the time...--An account of the seals of the kings, royal boroughs, and magnates of Scotland, by Thomas Astle..

At end of v. 3 of both Getty copies is bound: An index to the first three volumes of Vetusta monumenta (London, Printed by T. Bensley, 1810). Apparently compiled by Nicholas Carlisle; see BAL

Letterpress title of v. 4 dated 1815. Plates mostly by James II Basire; see BAL. Vol. 4 includes: [The Rosetta Stone, plates V-VII, with an additional unnumbered plate supplying corrections]...--Plans and elevations of the remains of Glastonbury Abbey-Church, &c.--Plans, views, elevations, and sections of the Tower of London

Letterpress title of v. 5 dated 1835. Intaglio plates by James II or James III Basire; see BAL. Lithographs printed by Charles Hullmandel or by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet; some drawn by Frederick Nash. Vol. 5 includes: Plan, elevations and sections of Malmsbury Abbey Church... of the castle of Newcastle-upon-Tyne... of the Temple Church...--Some account of the abbey church of Tewkesbury... by Thomas Amyot.--Notes and remarks by... William Capon, to accompany his plan of the ancient palace of Westminster.--Some remarks on the pillar or obelisk at Forres, Morayshire, called Sueno's stone, by J. H. Markland.--Observations on several ancient swords of state belonging to the earldom of Chester, in a letter from George Ormerod.--Some account of the ancient and present state of the abbey of St. Mark, York... by the Rev. Charles Wellbeloved .--Observations on the church of St. Mary le Bow, chiefly relating to its original structure, by George Gwilt.--Memoir on the antiquities discovered by Edward Rudge... in excavating the ruins of the abbey church of Evesham

Letterpress title of v. 6 dated 1885. Intaglio plates chiefly by James II or James III Basire; see BAL. Most chromolithographs by Storch & Kramer. Contents: The tapestry of Bayeux.--Fragment of the surcoat of William, Earl of Albemarle.--Description of a bronze arm... from the collection of... Sir Andrew Fountaine.--Remarks on the Louterell Psalter... by John Gage Rokewode.--A memoir on the Painted Chamber in the palace at Westminster... by John Gage Rokewode.--Notice of a drawing in the Royal library at Windsor, representing the Chair of St. Peter at Rome, by Arthur Ashpitel.--Copies from drawings preserved in the sacristy of St. Peter's at Rome, representing the Chair of St. Peter, with observations by Alexander Nesbitt.--Remarks on illuminations in some Irish Biblical manuscripts, by James Henthorn Todd

Vol. 7 never completed; see BAL. Printed wrappers of the 4 pts. that appeared are dated 1893-1906. Plates include collotypes (some in color), chromolithographs, engravings. Contents: Pt. 1. On the tomb of an archbishop recently opened in the cathedral church of Canterbury, by W. H. St. John Hope, 1893.--Pt. 2. The atchievements of Edward, prince of Wales (The "Black Prince") in the cathedral church of Canterbury, by W. H. St. John Hope, 1895.--Pt. 3. The royal gold cup of the kings of France and England now preserved in the British museum, described by C. H. Read, 1904.--Pt. 4. The obituary roll of John Islip, abbot of Westminster, 1500-1532; with notes on other English obituary rolls, by W. H. St. John Hope, 1906

Catalogue of the British Architectural Library, early imprints collection

Sloan candidate

7 v. 59 cm

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